Controls and Instrumentation Engineer

Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

📍 Wolverhampton 💰 £50,000 - £56,000 + Exceptional Benefits Package 🕒 Monday to Friday | 07:00 - 15:00

Join a Business That Invests in Engineering Excellence

Are you a Controls & Instrumentation Engineer looking for a role where your expertise is genuinely valued?

We're partnering with a leading manufacturing business in Wolverhampton that continues to make significant investment in its people, technology and facilities. With a strong commitment to reliability, continuous improvement and employee development, this is an excellent opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering team in a stable and forward-thinking environment.

Working a desirable days-based shift pattern, you'll play a key role in maintaining, improving and developing the site's control, instrumentation and automation systems, helping to drive operational performance across the facility.

What's in it for You?

✅ £50,000 - £56,000 salary

✅ Enhanced pension scheme

✅ Private medical insurance

✅ Life assurance at 6x annual salary

✅ 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

✅ Additional birthday leave

✅ Ongoing training and support for further electrical qualifications

✅ Excellent work-life balance with a 7am-3pm working pattern

✅ Genuine long-term career progression opportunities

✅ Supportive engineering culture with a strong focus on employee development

The Role

As a Controls & Instrumentation Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance and continuous improvement of the site's control and automation systems.

Key responsibilities include:

Maintaining, fault finding and repairing a variety of control, instrumentation and automation systems. Diagnosing complex electrical and controls-related faults to minimise downtime and maximise reliability. Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant efficiency and production performance. Assisting with PLC, automation and process control projects across the manufacturing facility. Supporting capital projects, equipment installations and control system upgrades. Working closely with production and maintenance teams to identify and implement engineering improvements. Ensuring all engineering activities are carried out safely and in line with site standards and procedures. Contributing to the ongoing development and optimisation of site-wide control systems and processes.

About You

We're interested in speaking with engineers who can demonstrate:

Experience within a Controls & Instrumentation, Electrical, Automation or Process Control environment. Strong diagnostic and fault-finding skills within industrial manufacturing or processing environments. Knowledge of PLC systems, instrumentation, control panels, sensors and process control equipment. A proactive approach to maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement. Relevant electrical engineering qualifications. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across engineering and production teams.

Why Apply?

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a well-established manufacturer offering excellent working hours, industry-leading benefits and genuine opportunities for long-term progression. You'll be part of a business that recognises the value of its engineering team and actively invests in both technology and people.

📩 Apply now or contact Jordan for a confidential discussion about the opportunity.

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